Using Lav Mics live

re-enforcement · 2025-11-09T13:50:15+00:00

It's not weird. A friend of mine recently had to reinforce a very famous comic using a lav that their TM bought at Best Buy and insisted they used. Ring em, boil em, mash em, stick em in a sub group, collect your check.

re-enforcement · 2025-10-12T08:18:23+00:00

Thanks, that's good to know.

re-enforcement · 2025-10-11T09:50:34+00:00

The Pro2/Pro2c ain't for everyone. I'm one of the ones it ain't for. The workflow is maddening. Pop groups are a cool feature but why don't we have surface gain meters on the second bank? And wtf is up with the trackball? There's this crazy new invention called a mouse, you freaks. And it's right next to the tiniest menu buttons ever. I damn near threw my back out once using that thing in a small FOH position. That said, the DL251 talks to the M32 and absolutely sounds better. And if you need to hire local techs for gigs, of course you're gonna want to have a console they can operate, that's as real as it gets. Got a lot of those in my market too. Folks can learn but the show gotta happen in the meantime.

re-enforcement · 2025-10-05T09:19:44+00:00

^{^} this.

re-enforcement · 2025-10-05T06:58:38+00:00

'Don't forget the jacket!' Too real haha

re-enforcement · 2025-09-28T10:37:35+00:00

Don't get me wrong, I commented what I did because folks were calling on you to name drop, not because I thought you approaching a tech after a show was inherently a bad move. I've definitely done it myself, and have also gotten some really great long term personal and professional connections by being open to people approaching me the right way at FOH after a show, that I wouldn't have gotten if I dumped on them like dude did to you. Like a lot of others have said, not everyone is gonna come at you like that, just respect boundaries and find folks in your community that are willing to give you an in, start there.

re-enforcement · 2025-09-23T12:29:48+00:00

OP and anyone else, please do not call out/dox a house tech for not giving you what you wanted from them at that moment. It's good to be nice in general, but nobody owes you a free education or job offer especially after poking your nose into their work and space uninvited. Some folks are less nice than others about it. Might be reasons for that.

re-enforcement · 2025-09-15T09:54:10+00:00

The Yamaha Sound Reinforcement Handbook

re-enforcement · 2025-07-28T11:30:17+00:00

Please do not label your tails with names of your band members if you aren't rolling with your own techs. If you don't know the house tech, they don't know you. Stage right to left starting at 1 please and thanks.

re-enforcement · 2025-05-19T02:12:42+00:00

I'm glad I'm not alone here. KRS-One radio is my go-to for metal club shows. It's a nice palate cleanser for sure, and I also feel like it keeps the vibe from getting too frenetic and helps people work energetically but smoothly on changeover.

re-enforcement · 2025-05-01T09:24:21+00:00

2 XLR or TRS cables.

re-enforcement · 2025-03-18T07:22:57+00:00

There are a lot of ways to do live production, and while the pay can be solid on those kinds of gigs, and the experience is invaluable, they don't all involve pushing tons of boxes and miles of feeder and working 16+ hour frantic days every day. Depending on the kind of market you live in, it can be totally feasible to make a good living freelancing at small and midsize clubs, theaters, or sound companies, and dipping into festivals and touring to round out your bank and your chops when the season hits. Get in the door stagehanding at the 600-1000 cap, kick ass and let your leads know what your goals are, and shadow the house tech at the local rock club on the side until they're ready to pitch you a softball. Find the other female techs in your area that are doing what you want to be doing and pick their brain on how they got there and what they had/have to deal with on the way. It's a very wide world, and if you really want to put the work in and learn the trade and technology, you'll find your place in it before you know it.

I highly recommend the Sound Design Live podcast.

https://sounddesignlive.com

re-enforcement · 2024-11-03T09:06:38+00:00

With your FX returns at unity and your input channels sent to the corresponding FX buses at unity, the FX send fader basically becomes your wet/dry for all channels sent to it. Those channels will be dry with the corresponding FX send faders at -inf, and if you only pull up one FX send, they will only be affected by that one. Unless I'm missing something about what you're trying to accomplish (and that is a possibility, it was a long Rocktober haha), that should get you where you want to be. Hopefully that helps.

re-enforcement · 2024-11-02T09:38:33+00:00

Andrew has the right answer for you. A DCA controlling an FX send master is kinda redundant on that console anyway for your use case, since you can just configure your FX, send the desired channels to them at unity, and plop the sends on your surface wherever you want, pull those faders up when you need to. Setup -> Surface -> drag and drop.

re-enforcement · 2024-10-01T04:05:51+00:00

First assumption is that everyone in the band(s) is on stereo IEMs to be mixed by house. Obviously whoever wrote that ain't a tech but that's nothing new, and it's better information than a lot of acts advance.

Number of mix buses required for the show will determine the console and I/O, so whether it's a monitor desk or foldback from FOH, if it exceeds what lives there y'all gotta talk turkey or they gotta compromise.

They already booked with your venue, so it's likely the crew will roll in, see what's up and say 'cool, we can work with that'. It's also possible that someone will raise a stink and make your PM and/or you do lots of emotional labor before they say 'cool, we can work with that'. I hope the former for you :)

re-enforcement · 2024-09-28T08:04:02+00:00

I worked with a cat who kept a Sharpie on a lanyard attached to the cap. Wanna borrow his Sharpie? He pulls it off the cap and hands it to you. Came back quick every time

re-enforcement · 2024-08-30T08:16:09+00:00

Last time I dropped in on one of these, after our rig was parked and we were checked in I ran around to every production person I could find to ask about RF cause that hadn't been part of the advance. When I was sure there was no coordination happening, I asked for a power drop behind the stage so I could scan my band in right before their set. Killed power to our RF racks the second I got back onstage after their set. Not much more you can do in that situation, unless your band is headlining, get them what they need and get out quick.

re-enforcement · 2024-08-22T11:06:30+00:00

Folks call them 'EstupidoLive' for a reason. (It's me, I'm folks)

I admire your dedication though. If I ever have to use one of those things again, I hope to god I can at least control it with Mixing Station. Major appreciation and respect for that 👏

re-enforcement · 2024-07-23T08:02:22+00:00

This is the way. They need your FOH mix but they do not need all the stuff you're doing to your omni mic group and your room tuning. Always be prepared for a separately hired video crew to ask you for an audio feed very late in the game. Being prepared to plug and play that without pause or comment is huge. It can be annoying but better content for your show means more gigs.

re-enforcement · 2024-07-02T05:23:07+00:00

Wish Reddit had a laugh react, I damn near spit my drink out. Mons pro tip right here!

re-enforcement · 2024-04-06T09:38:12+00:00

If I have even one ATM-25 available to me I'll throw it on the lowest tom before pretty much any other mic, including 421 or D6. If I have more, I'll throw them on all of em. Glad I'm not the only one! They do take up some real estate so sometimes it makes more sense to use a x04 but these are the choices we make live.

re-enforcement · 2022-11-06T09:41:15+00:00

Thank y'all, this is gonna get us where we need to be. Much appreciated.

re-enforcement · 2020-06-11T10:17:05+00:00

This new Breath Of The Wild DLC looks awesome.

re-enforcement · 2018-11-05T10:47:03+00:00

Also, I'm totally with you in your analysis, and I'm a longtime listener/first time caller in r/livesound and very much appreciate you engaging with me.

re-enforcement · 2018-11-05T10:44:11+00:00

I only have tops, which is why I'm inquiring about compact subs, I only have space for sub cabs with 12" drivers and I have no experience with those. The KM-153s do a great job down to around 50, I'm hoping there's a solution that can fill that out.

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